Mobile Minutes: NYC's Wi-Fi hotspots; Facebook cleans News Feed; Nokia markets to China; Shutterfly acquires GrooveBook
Pay phones in New York City will become free Wi-Fi hot
spots
The modern New York pay phone will provide no shelter from the rain, no alcove
for the quarreling couple seeking a private moment to reconcile. It will afford
little refuge to the prospective superhero requiring a wardrobe change.
Read more on New York Times
Facebook squeezes 'overly promotional page posts' out
of news feeds
Facebook?s latest tweak to its news feed algorithm will squeeze out posts that
it sees as ?overly promotional? from pages on the social network.
Read more on The Guardian
Nokia's $250 iPad Mini
clone looks destined for China
Nokia has unveiled its first hardware offering since it sold its devices and
services business to Microsoft, and it marks a shift away from any loyalty to
Windows Phone: The $250 N1 is an Android tablet that looks unabashedly like the
iPad Mini, and appears to be destined for Chinese users.
Read more on Forbes
Photo site Shutterfly acquires mobile app GrooveBook
Photo service Shutterfly has added GrooveBook to its portfolio for $14.5
million.
Read more on USA Today